IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ursa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL157135
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL157135
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL157135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21269
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.1440650
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9897215
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 659 feet north and 240 feet west of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C Miles, W Kreznor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Chromic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 135
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sangamon paleosol till
  • Landform: hillslope, drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—145

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    12

    50

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    126

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    165

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27679
    B21t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; and on surfaces along pores and faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27680. patchy - phpvsfiid 459827; patchy - phpvsfiid 459827
    B22t—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; on surfaces along pores and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27681. patchy - phpvsfiid 459829; patchy - phpvsfiid 459829
    B23t—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; and on surfaces along pores and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 8 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27682. continuous - phpvsfiid 459831; continuous - phpvsfiid 459831
    B24t—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 12 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27683. continuous - phpvsfiid 459833; continuous - phpvsfiid 459833
    B25t—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; very firm; on surfaces along pores and brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 20 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27684. continuous - phpvsfiid 459835; continuous - phpvsfiid 459835
    B26t—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; on surfaces along pores and brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 12 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 459837; patchy - phpvsfiid 459837
    B3—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; on all faces of peds and distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 12 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. patchy - phpvsfiid 459839; patchy - phpvsfiid 459839